how to connect 2 java files

[McArthurG]

hi, i'm new to java and im using netbeans. i'm wondering if there's a way for 2 java files let's say A and B. using netbeam's ui editor i made 3 jbuttons on A and a textfield on B, i can make B appear once i click any of the buttons on A but what i wanted to do was make the textfield change value depending on which of the 3 buttons were pressed.

any help is appreciated, thank you

[PhHein]

hi, i'm new to java and im using netbeans.

Not good!

i'm wondering if there's a way for 2 java files let's say A and B. using netbeam's ui editor

Worse!

i made 3 jbuttons on A and a textfield on B, i can make B appear once i click any of the buttons on A but what i wanted to do was make the textfield change value depending on which of the 3 buttons were pressed.
any help is appreciated, thank you

You have your main class (C) which contains an instance of JFrame, an instance of A and an instance B. I suppose A implements ActionListener to register the button events. Either you let C implement the ActionListener and on the events you take your B reference and set the text, or you pass the B reference to the A reference and set the text in there.

[McArthurG]

actually the scope of what im doing is bigger but my example is sort of the jist, anyway the reason im using netbeans ui editor is so i can present what it's gona look like.


under the action listener from A (the one with buttons) i made an instance of B and i tried doing the B.jTextfield.setText...

but netbeans doesnt show the auto suggest while im typing B.(variables should be auto suggested after typing "B." right?) i've done smethng like this before i just can't figure out why i can't do it now

thnks for the fast reply

[PhHein]

Well B is the class, you need the exact reference that is used in your JFrame, not any reference to B. So as I've already suggested, pass the b reference into your a refernce and use it there.